The Nine Jewels Boxset from the Murty Classical Library of India

Discover India’s diverse literary heritage with The Nine Jewels boxset — a curated collection of nine paperbacks from the renowned Murty Classical Library of India.

Perfect for gifting or for cherishing in your own library, this beautiful set opens the doors to India’s literary treasures for first-time readers and long-time lovers of the classics alike.

The boxset includes:

1. Biharilal, He Spoke of Love: Selected Poems from the Satsai (Translated by Rupert Snell)

The seventeenth-century Hindi classic treasured for its subtle and beautiful portrayal of divine and erotic love’s pleasures and sorrows.

2. Bullhe Shah, Sufi Lyrics: Selections from a World Classic (Translated by Christopher Shackle)

A modern translation of verses by Bullhe Shah, the iconic eighteenth-century Sufi poet, treasured by readers worldwide to this day.

3. Guru Nanak, Poems from the Sikh Sacred Tradition (Translated by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh)

An exquisite new translation of Guru Nanak’s verses, illuminating the sacred tenets cherished by millions of Sikhs worldwide.

4. Mir Taqi Mir, Ghazals (Translated by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi)

The finest ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir, the most accomplished of Urdu poets.

5. Nandi Timmana, Theft of a Tree: A Tale by the Court Poet of the Vijayanagara Empire (Translated by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath and Velcheru Narayana Rao)

The first English translation of a thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama, retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire.

6. Poems of the First Buddhist Women: A Translation of the Therigatha (Translated by Charles Hallisey)

A stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in the world written by women.

7. Shah Abdul Latif, The Risalo of Shah Abdul Latif: Sufi Poetry from Sindh (Translated by Christopher Shackle)

A landmark English translation of Sindhi literature’s most famous classic.

8. Surdas, T Sur’s Ocean: Classic Hindi Poetry in Translation (Translated by John Stratton Hawley)

An award-winning translation of Hindi verses composed by one of India’s treasured poets.

9.Tulsidas, The Sea of Separation: A Translation from the Ramayana of Tulsidas (Translated by Philip Lutgendorf)

Selections from the authoritative new translation of the Ramayana, as retold by the sixteenth-century poet Tulsidas and cherished by millions to this day.